This not only saves barrel wear, but it saves you trips to the range for the purpose of fire-forming. At those distances the 6mm and 6.5mm cartridges rule. The purple .284 balances very well and tracks great. I did trim the Berger VLDs to the shortest bullet length with a Hoover Trimmer, and then pointed the meplats just enough to close them with a Whidden pointer. When I do clean, its simple. I start 0.6 grains lower than my last charge that worked. Then the 180gr bullets are seated using a Redding Competition Seating Die. You use less powder than the 7 mags, and have great accuracy and ballistics even while fire-forming. Youve proved them wrong. That 22 BR cartridge is a very effective choice for varmint work, as the ground hog in the photo proves. Neck turning a plus to .312 loaded neck - in any event pushed only to 2800 fps. It has a custom Ceracoat paint job to match my sling gun. Key components are: Pierce Engineering long action tube receiver, Bartlein 1:8.5-twist barrel, Jewell trigger set at 2 oz., and Vortex Golden Eagle scope in Vortex rings. Luckily, however, it was still shooting very well. I approached Will at the Berger SW Nationals about a rifle I wanted to build. Best powders for the .284 Win are H4350 and H4831SC. Support Our SPONSORS Competitive Edge 5 x 2.5 'Big Bottom' But no, this was done with heavy 180gr Berger Hybrid bullets and the .284 Shehane, an improved version of the .284 Winchester. Most importantly, the stock features an extra-long, super-stiff, low profile fore-end. If you need formed brass for a new build (gun not yet fired), let me know and I will size the brass to fit within .001 of a PT&G GO gauge.. Optimum freebore for the 230s is too long for the 185/200s, so you would be limited to using only 215/230gr bullets in that barrel.Furthermore, the recoil increase with heavier bullets is substantial, causing the rifle to be more difficult to shoot. I usually anneal the brass each winter. The stock in laminate weighs 3lbs. I work up from that reduced charge weight in increments of 0.3 grains. Sort By: Items Per Page: Item Total: (13) 0 - 13 6mm/284 Winchester Competition Seating Die 076-55414 | Redding $158.10 In Stock 6mm /284 Winchester Competition Bushing Neck Die Set 076-58414 | Redding $381.62 Velocities vary between barrels approx 2850 to 2880. The variable power and unobstructed DD-1 reticle of the NF were deciding factors. Darrell tells us: Many of my customers take this brass and load it as is and go straight to a match and shoot some very nice groups., With Darrells hydro-forming service you dont have to buy any special dies or other equipment. It was one week before the match and I had a rifle and no rounds. For those who do not have a dedicated barrel for fire-forming, this should help keep your round-count down. Cases are full-length resized, but I bump the shoulders only .0005 (one-half thousandth). The action area of this stock has been beefed up to house the large BAT MB action. Do you have a gun youd like to see featured there? We offer new reloding data for: .284 Winchester, with bullets: 140 grs / 9,1 gram Nosler E-Tip 150 grs / 9,7 gram Hornady ELD-X The big bore shooters believe a heavier bullet flies better in unpredictable wind conditions. The .284 Shehane Accurate and Forgiving Wildcat The 7 SAUM has a punch to it and I found myself having trouble finishing three relays without form problems in the last relay. By fire-forming a couple cases after each barrel-cleaning during a match, by the end of the weekend Ive got a dozen or more freshly fire-formed cases to put into the rotation. The .284 is the parent cartridge for the 6.5-284 Norma as well as the .450 Bushmaster and .475 Wildey Magnum. Dont have time to neck-turn hundreds of cases? The update also features a lot of new lines for existing calibers. At this point I began working with different primers, neck tension and seating depth. He covers sighter strategies and techniques for record fire, and he also explains, in detail, how he dopes the wind and judges hold-offs based on mirage. I do not clean until the match is over. In 2013, Henry Pasquet won the IBS 1000-Yard Nationals shooting a .284 Shehane. Is the .284 Shehane Inherently Accurate? Q: Tell us about your Nationals-winning rifle and bench gear. Weve been giving a lot of coverage to tactical rigs and gas guns lately, so we though it was time to showcase a purebred, state-of-the-art 1000-Yard Benchrest rig. Q: What you do enjoy most about long-range benchrest shooting? Darrell Jones offers this service for a variety of popular cartridges: 6 PPC, 30 PPC, 30 BR, 6 BRA (BR Ackley), 6mm Grinch, 6 BRDX, 6 BRX, .260 Ackley, .284 Shehane and of course the very popular 6mm Dasher. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Andy was spot on. The rifle is a dream to shoot now with a big reduction in felt recoil.. I then push one wet patch of Eliminator through the bore and leave it. Henry also runs a combo tuner/muzzle-brake. Thats obviously very important if you travel to compete. Bill Shehane developed a wildcat (.284 Shehane) different shoulder angle (a little more case capacity). 7mm (.284) remains the caliber to beat in F-Class Open Division (though some shooters have had success with .30-Cal short magnums.) A 22 Dasher can rival the ballistics of a 6mmBR out to 500+ yards, but with reduced recoil. 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For a bit more money Darrell can also uniform the primer pockets and chamfer the case necks. This is the .284 Winchester rig that Charles Ballard used to win back-to-back F-Open titles in 2008 and 2009. Forum member Jim Hardy has shot the .284 with great success. Hornady 284 Winchester Match bullets Hornady offers 4 bullets in .284 ranging from 162grain to 190grain similar to the other offerings in terms of bullet weight. Art Cocchia advised getting a load with a good known accuracy node with minimum extreme spread, which controls vertical. My rifle is chambered in .284 Shehane. WHIDSIZSN284SHE Product Manufacturer: Whidden Gunworks Whidden Gunworks Product Description: For precise, consistent OAL handloads, the internals of Whidden's sizing die are designed to keep your rounds . })(); To comment on a post, click Post Title or "Comment" Link. No bad reports about the new lots and the new box I have fireformed seem just as tight. Sighter Strategies Comparison: 6.5-284, .284 Win, and 300 WSM Jason asked Bryan to fit the stock with forearm rails, shown in the photo below. He has learned a few special techniques along the way to ensure uniform case-forming. Get some good equipment and eliminate having issues that can be caused by budget builds. Tuning Loads for the .284 Win Improved Cartridges Ryan is using 54.0 grains simply as a fire-forming load. It shot a 3.597 pretty amazing. Great information and write up Cody. Gun builder Ryan Pierce of Piercision Rifles explains: Heres a 5-shot 0.191 group at 100 yards with my .284 Shehane fireforming loads. And now, with the introduction of Reloder 17, the .284 Win is capable of driving 180gr VLDs at nearly 3000 fps, a speed that once demanded a short magnum (or bigger) case. One of the biggest reasons why I like Master Class stocks, is the pistol grip. Load development for me starts with each new barrel. After the brass is sorted, I chamfer the case mouths with an RCBS VLD tool. Case Prep: I start with Lapua 6.5284 brass necked up to .284 with an expander mandrel. I used to shoot F-TR before this and made the transition to Open last season. The .284 Light Gun needed a muzzle brake and tuner. However, to REALLY make a difference, you would need to get a cartridge capable of launching those 180's at a minimum of 3050+! The straight .284 Win is an excellent cartridge, quite capable of winning F-class matches. Two 4 x 8 sheets of plywood hold four IBS targets. It takes a great rifle to approach that goal, but it is also up to the shooter to learn and experiment as much as possible in order to achieve success. The .284 Shehane is a slightly modified wildcat that retains the same 35 shoulder as the parent case. He tells us: I found this piece of wood as a return at a lumber yard about 7-8 years ago. I'd think throated properly and with the right powder, RL26 maybe, you'd be able to reach 2700 or more with just a straight 284. He formed the brass and had it in the mail the next day[.] What is your barrel cleaning procedure? Jason explains why he selected the .284 Shehane chambering: The .284 Shehane is amazing, very forgiving and not temperamental. Plus, our years of work experience help us to think, analyze, and thereby make progress. All these components have been a successful combination that has worked flawlessly[.]. (function() {
I run a 184gr Berger at about 2850 FPS and get great brass life in my other rifles. Here's the rifle . .284 Shehane Load Development ), Norm Harrold Won 2018 F-Class Open Division Nationals with .284 Shehane Rifle. The 6.5 caliber allowed for the use of long, aerodynamic bullets. After speaking with Mr. Tierney at the 2006 US F-Class Nationals, I decided the .284 Win would be the chambering for the new gun, despite several shooters telling me I would not be able to obtain the desired velocities. Mark throated it very long so the the 180gr and 184gr Bergers would sit where they belong., Tuning the 7mm SAUM and Recoil Reduction Every long-range shooter can benefit from some of tips revealed here. If I feel there is a constant condition, I will click for the wind. .284 Shehane Shines in 1K Benchrest Competition Too The lovely Maple stock was hand-carved by Forum member Spitfire_ER.